Biography
Actress Rachel Miner landed her first huge break in the late 1980s, when
Woody Allen tapped the then nine-year-old actress to evoke a young
Mia Farrow in the thoughtful, fantasy-themed seriocomedy
Alice (1990). Miner spent the early to mid-'90s on the daytime soap
Guiding Light playing the character Michelle Bauer. In 1998, Miner made headlines along with famous child actor
Macaulay Culkin when the then-teenagers got married; they divorced two years later.
Miner returned to the big screen in the early 2000s, initially with bit parts and supporting roles in such outings as
Bully (2001),
Haven (2004),
Thanks to Gravity (2005), and The Black Dahlia (2006). She also could be found on a variety of TV programs, from memorable guest roles on
Sex and the City,
CSI, and
Bones to a risqué recurring role on the
David Duchovny vehicle
Californication (2007). The actress essayed her first lead in 2006, in Richard Brandes' intense psychological thriller
Penny Dreadful -- playing an orphaned young woman who finds herself at the mercy of a homicidal hitchhiker. Miner then joined co-star
Rider Strong for the dystopian thriller Tooth & Nail (2007), about a group of refugees in a post-apocalyptic society who hole up together in a hospital and try to fend off hordes of rampaging cannibals. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide